Starting Point for a Humanized Medical Science Staying faithful to the phenomena that present themselves to us when we study medical science is the key to humanizing medical science (and all science). The Louis Bolk Institute has made a wonderful foundation for the study of medicine. Their books are well worth purchasing though they are […]
Growing and Dying- How to Make a Form Plant and animal processes- also described as life and soul or etheric and astral, are essentially different. Understanding the more complicated concepts starts with grasping the more basic principles. The plant and animal way of making similar forms shows us essential inherent facts about where the etheric […]
Polarity as a Key to Understanding Often knowledge clicks when we are able to juxtapose two opposites. Medically we see many polarities in the human body. Can our knowledge gain a more human understanding of these processes? After all they relate intricately to our “house” on earth where we are able to have life, feelings, […]
Uric Acid in Human Life Humans and a few primates are unique in that we lack an enzyme called uricase to to change uric acid into a compound we can excrete easily in urine. Uric acid is generated as a breakdown product of nucleic acids (specifically purine) and there is evidence of the trend that […]
Animals and Humans The idea of evolution has been readily taken up by most of modern civilization. This idea can nourish science but there is a danger in a materialistic interpretation. The common interpretation is that we are descended from one or another of a prehistoric species. A humanized understanding will see the need to […]
Evidence is emerging that Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) has a valid place in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Naltrexone is pain receptor blocker. I use high doses of its relative Narcan to revive people with overdoses from pain killers in the hospital. In very low doses it has multiple interesting beneficial effects on the […]
Bryophyllum has abundant life forces, even sprouting new plants from its leaf edges Bryophyllum- Natural Mood Stabilizer Bryophyllum, known commonly as Leaf of life, is a multiple use medicine used commonly for natural treatment of mental health conditions and insomnia. Especially for acute conditions there remains a place for conventional antipsychotics like risperidone, haldol, geodon […]
Natural Cough Medicine Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) is a common weed with overlooked medical potential. Many people wonder what natural medicine can be given for a difficult cough, bronchitis, asthma, or lung congestion. One of my favorite remedies is made by Uriel pharmacy in Wisconsin and contains plantain. This handy herb has been studied in medical […]
Natural Treatment of Otitis Media- A How To Guide Ear infections are a very common occurrence among young children that cause parents to scramble to resolve the acutely painful symptoms. A Humanized Pediatrics asks “How can we respect the fever gesture of the child while at the same time relieve pain and suffering safely?” The […]
Using the Wrong Tool In an interesting study in JAMA thousands of visits to primary care physicians were studied. Progressively through their shifts in the clinic, physicians were more likely to give antibiotics to patients for conditions that did not warrant their use. By the end of the day, patients were about 25% more likely to […]